UW Bioengineering is proud of all our faculty, staff and students, and the many awards they earn for their work in teaching, mentoring and improving lives through bioengineering research and innovations.
Faculty Award Highlights
- 29 American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering (AIMBE) Fellows
- 13 members of the Washington State Academy of Sciences
- 14 past and current UW CoMotion Presidential Innovation Fellows
- 6 members of the National Academy of Engineering (NAE)
- Six AAAS Fellows
- One National Academy of Inventors Fellow
Student Award Highlights
- 13 current National Science Foundation Fellows
- Two Fulbright Student Fellows, one Gates Cambridge Scholar, one Rhodes Scholar, one Luce Scholar, and eight Goldwater Scholars as of 2016
- 5 Levinson Emerging Scholar awards
- Multiple awards from NASA Space Grant
- Multiple awards in business plan competitions from UW Foster School of Business
- Fellowships from American Heart Association and Washington Research Foundation
- More Amgen Scholars than any other UW department; 31 since 2007
- Over 100 Mary Gates Scholarships
Featured Awards and Recognition
Patrick Boyle honored with CMBE Young Innovator Award
UW Department of Bioengineering Assistant Professor Patrick M. Boyle will be honored at the 2023 Biomedical Engineering Society (BMES) annual meeting as a Young Innovator in Cellular and Molecular Bioengineering. The Young Innovators award is [...]
Rachel Shi receives 2023 Fulbright Study/Research Award to study in Germany
UW bioengineering M.S. student Rachel Shi has received a Fulbright fellowship to study the use of biopolymer coatings for biomedical devices at the Max Planck Institute for Polymer Research (MPIP) in Mainz, Germany. [...]
Ruikang Wang is 2023 UW Medicine Inventor of the Year
Ruikang (Ricky) Wang, UW professor of bioengineering and ophthalmology, received the 2023 UW Medicine Inventor of the Year award and will be honored at a reception on November 1, 2023. The Award recognizes outstanding [...]
UW Bioengineering Awards 2023
The UW Department of Bioengineering recognizes the commendable contributions of the following faculty, staff and students to the department and the broader university community over the past year. Teaching Awards [...]
Eric Chudler’s BrainWorks receives a 2023 Northwest Emmy® Award
Eric H. Chudler, Executive Producer of Brainworks Article updated June 5, 2023. Congratulations to UW Bioengineering’s Eric Chudler, and his team at the University of Washington on winning a 2023 Northwest Regional Emmy® [...]
Three BioE students receive prestigious fellowships
UW Bioengineering Ph.D. students Ryan Ressmeyer, Murial Ross, and Ioana Veras-Tobos are recipients of the National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowships. The fellowship recognizes and supports outstanding graduate students in National Science Foundation-supported science, [...]